Re: Class Auto-Assigning to Variable

On 7 Aug 2013, at 20:45, "Brian Smither" <bhsmither@gmail.com> wrote: >> I cannot replicate this. > > I don't expect anyone to be able to replicate this behavior. The example shows an > extraordinarily stripped-down sequence of statements that informs what should work, but do to some > unknown agent, which, therefore, cannot be included in the example, produces unexpected output. > > This conceptual example is not a 'sample' or 'excerpt' of the actual > application. There is much, much more code. None of it is an apparent likely suspect in causing this > behavior. > > I am hoping for a, "Oh, yeah! I've seen that happen before. It's caused > by..." > > Let us focus on the central question: > > Would there be a PHP function that would do [what the example describes] as a side-effect? Yes: $hello = $clsHello; There are only a few variables that get assigned as side effects of functions, but they have very specific names, and none of them are $hello (but I'm guessing that's not the actual variable name) and none of them will assign a userland object. Somewhere in your code there is something that is assigning to $hello. Find everything that's doing that and look at each instance in detail. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/